DNA and KAMLA Approaches in Metamorphic Cryptography: An Evaluation

Abstract

Metamorphic cryptography, a shift in the paradigm of cryptographic techniques, is a programming paradigm in which transformations that maintain the semantic meaning of the data transform the syntactic representation of it. This paper delves into two prominent techniques within metamorphic cryptography: KAMLA and DNA based cryptography. DNA based cryptography depends on the inherent properties of DNA molecules to encrypt and decrypt the data, providing a promise for more secure information and less computationally demanding schemes. In contrast, KAMLA transforms the original data in a series of mathematical transformations thereby making it resistant to different attacks.

This research attempts an indepth review of these two approaches, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses and their applicability in different cryptographic applications. We aim to gain insights into the potential impact of these primitives in the cryptography of tomorrow by analyzing their security properties and computational complexity, and their practical feasibility. We also discuss possible ways to further improve on these approaches via a hybrid combination of DNA based and KAMLA techniques to enable enhanced security and flexibility.